Saturday, August 4, 2007

A memorable 3rd of August....=)

Our school's annual music concert was set for 7.30 that night.First we had to have the rehearsal at Hamer Hall that morning which was exhausting yet enjoyable...




First before we left the school premises,we had a role call to ensure everyone was present...turns out, Shery wasn't at school that morning. Although she had woken up early that morning, she didn't come to school..we all presumed she skipped school and well....Jayne wasn't too pleased..(she claimed that Shery had not been practising for Senior strings so she might be skipping the rehearsal due to certain intentions)...Jayne was fuming tho...=p

during the bus ride...seems like sjane and I were just plain bored...however we took some pictures and engulfed ourselves in our Lodge days...*sigh....



Taken in the bus...on the way to rehearsal...Sjane,wat would i be now if u didn't come to Gen!




The National Gallery of Victoria...I love this art gallery...had the privilege to explore this place years ago...btw,...i think i took a pretty ok pic ei?=p...


Mr. Blazejzach was quite stressed that morning as some some senior choir students were totally blur about the words to the songs that we were suppose to sing that night...we even came in at the wrong cue...hahahha... can u believe that?hehehe...we seemed so screwed but...we went on... The orchestra was terrific tho!(Thank God...i swear Mr. Blazejzach was about to explode from the pressure)



hahaha...during our rehearsal,coincidentally, we, the five asians were standing in a row AND we were positioned in the middle of the group...=) Go ASIANS!=p


went back home early that day...2.30pm...so we could prepare ourselves for the night...



At about 4 plus, went online to find Jeremiah who was apparently stressing bout his formal shirt cause he gave it a wash....in the washing machine...which is not a very good combination seeing that it was an Armani shirt...=p...anyway,since i had to go to the city,i decided to go early to check his so called "jiao jiao" shirt...


On the way to the city i had the opportunity to witnessed a sad sight....At one bus stop,this blind man was tapping the side of the bus(at hearing the bus screeching to a stop,he must have known the bus was there).then he struggled to find the entrance by using his blind stick to assist him...the bus driver shouted direction to ensure he could get up the steps of the bus...then he cautiously climbed into the bus...the bus driver helpfully asked where he would like to stop and offered him as much assistance as possible...when we arrived at his desired stop i had to watch him, painstakingly plus a heavy heart, get off the bus and even worse, my eyes tailed his fragile body move as he tapped around so that he could get to the corner of the street where he wanted to cross the street!my gaze just happened to land on the bus driver's where he nodded and gave me the "you see?how strong this man is?" look...must be tough having to drift and wander round the city without the gift of sight...we are lucky arent we?but God has his reasons....






Didn't take a picture of the poor guy but this picture that i found on the Internet reminded me of him....he had frizzly white hair and was wearing spectacles of dark lenses...



was caught in a traffic jam while in the bus at the city...driven by fears of being late, i sorta ran to Tian's place so that he could take me to Jeremiah's...silly me...Both Jeremah and Tian were laughing at my school uniform...=p...Jeremiah's exact words were,''Sorry ah, but your uniform is quite ugly la!".....=p...Anyway,Jeremiah looked fine!!with Tian's advice on how to do his hair and how to straighten out his suit as well as his tie, he came out of the toilet looking the best he could...had a chat with them before jeremiah went to congregate all his friends at the lobby to wait for their taxi..


jeremiah styling his hair...=p



after all Tian's advice and personal touches to his look, Jeremiah's ready to make his big entrance at the formal!=p

Made it to Hammer Hall in time but being as stupid as i was, i went strolling round the place with Shery cause i couldn't find the choir members...who were actually already on stage!!!=p...luckily i bumped into Mr. Blazejzach who must have been pretty mad but he told me curteously that the choir members were already stationed on the stage...hahahha....



Took a picture with some of the choir girls before we went to watch the concert while we waited for our turn on the stage..All of them sang perfectly that night...=)

well the magical and enchanting night went on smoothly...the music and the singing performances were spectacular...the unexpected highlight of the night was that Jayne receiving an outstanding ovation from the audience as well as the entire female student body....she was awarded a specially made pair of music batons for her services as music captain 2007...Mr. Blazejzach seemed to be choking on tears when he made the presentation although i wasnt sure..hmmm...but Jayne did!!it was tears of joy!everyone was so proud of her...

I technically missed the bus home that night!!!it scared the living daylights out of me!Fortunately there were two bus routes that went thru Belmore road and therefore i just had to wait a little longer for the other bus...*whew...
got back at about 10.50pm..what a tiring day...but it was a nice day....one to remember...

One compact with laughter,tears(it was like deja vu of the Joseph musical....*sigh...Good times...),friendship,music,morality check and happiness....

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Torture...

being in school for about 12 hours and out of the house for atleast 15

Here's the official timetable:

7.45am-Esl class
8.30am-Methods class
9.50am-Homeroom
10.10am-Recess
10.30am-Specialist Math class
11.50am-Mass
12.30pm-Assembly
1.15pm-Lunch (but there's senior choir so......*sweat...*pointlessness of lunch)
2.05pm-English
3.20pm-School ends
3.45pm-Hayden choir practice(pronounced hi[as in hello hi]-dan[as in Aidan dan]-correct pronounciation stressed by sjane...hahahha)
5.30pm-Dinner (at school...*bleks)
6.30pm-Leave for the cathedral in the city
7.30pm-Rehearsal for Hayden mass
9.30pm-Rehearsal ends
10.00pm-Reach school
Unprecedented time of arrival at home from school...

That's my thurs 2 of August...

i'm gonna be dead tired, pooped, exhausted when i get home...

=p

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

What do you want to be when you grow up?

heard this before?we've all been bombarded with this question since we were kids...naive and oblivious to the pivotal role of a future career, we answer with the impulsiveness and immaturity that we possessed at that age..

"I wanna be a rock star!"*play the 'invisible' guitar...


"A soldier is what i wanna be!i fight and shoot at people for fun! hahahhaha!"*start to run around the house pretending to be stuck in the middle of a shootout on the war field....



"i want to be a fairy princess!"*dancing ,doing pirouets and dreaming...


now however,it's amazing how we've evolved..outgrowing our unrealistic dreams...
Many of you will pursue ambitious and demanding careers..made up your mind yet on what are you going to study to deepen your knowledge on what you want to make of yourself in the near future?
engineers, economists, lawyers, vetenarians, physiologists, dentists, business men and women, chefs, actors or actresses,

architects,



doctors,
accountants...

legendary movie star???


The list goes on....

my dilemma....

=S






Monday, July 30, 2007

What's synonomous to joy, birthdays & bankruptcy?

August!!!hahahha....month of August is just a day away and it's the time of the year when a flood of days commemorating the birth of friends and family comes crashing into the timeframe causing a month of serious spending, greetings, laughter and fun fun fun!!!=p


Just a little horoscope enlightenment to brighten the days of you Leos and Virgos this month...



Leo July 23-August 22

Symbol: The Lion
Ruling Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Cross/Quality: Fixed
Group: Intellectual
House Ruled: Fifth
Polarity: Positive
Opposite Sign: Aquarius
Favorable Colors: Gold/ Orange
Lucky Gem: Ruby
Key Body Part: Heart & Spine

Basic Profile:Outgoing, warm, friendly, generous, loyal, likable, entertaining, likes attention, confident, cheerful, creative, strong-willed, charismatic, proud, extrovert, but can be demanding, dogmatic, controlling, afraid of rejection

Famous Leos:Whitney Houston, Fidel Castro, George Bernard Shaw, Madonna, Andy Warhol, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Napoleon, Alfred, Hitchcock, Carl Jung, Mae West, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Robert De Niro, Tipper Gore, Arnold Scharzenegger, Herman Melville, Stanley Kubrick, Peter O'Toole, Emily Bronte, Amelia Earhart, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky




Virgo August 23-September 22

Symbol: The Virgin
Ruling Planet: Mercury
Element: Earth
Cross/Quality: Mutable
Group: Intellectual
House Ruled: Sixth
Polarity: Negative
Opposite Sign: Pisces
Favorable Colors: Navy &Neutrals
Lucky Gem: Peridot
Key Body Part: NervousSystem

Basic Profile:Analytical, rational, fair, methodical, talented, planner, hardworking, discriminating, tasteful, motivated, reserved, intelligent, creative, orderly, structured, but can be critical, rigid, sarcastic, snobbish, narrow-minded

Famous Virgos:Stephen King, H G Wells, Leonard Bernstein, Michael Jackson, Sophia Loren, D. H. Lawrence, Queen Elizabeth, Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Oliver Stone, Dorothy Parker, Bruno Bettleheim, Geraldine Ferraro, Julio Iglesias, Marcia Clark


i'd just love to acknowledge these ppl who were born in this joyful month of August..

hope i remember all of them...sorry if i don't...in order of the days:

Louis, Ijaz, Alena,
Adrian, Marianne, Kai lun,
Doogle, Pauline, Deanne,
Lik hui, Judith, Jeremiah,
Joyce,
Mike, Danielle,
MUM!

i just wanna wish all these ppl a happy birthday in advance!!!!hope this year will hold for you many more surprises, opportunities, and life changing experiences...may God bless u and shower you with his blessings always...

Lots of love,
Tiff




Saturday, July 28, 2007

CPST =P

played this game during youth last night.it's like this:
1. Form a circle of people

2. One would just say any word like, eg. apple.

3. Then the next person in the circle would have to say another word which would link to "apple" BUT the word cannot start with the letter C, P, S or T.

4. once someone says a word beginning with C, P, S or T,he person is out of the game...

hahahha....you'd be surprised at the level of difficulty this game is no matter how simple it sounds...=)..

imagine if the first word was 'sweet'-mostly the first words that come to mind would be "sugar", "cakes", "chocolate", "pie" or "pavlova"...

or maybe if the first word was "orange"- words like "strawberries", "citrus", "pear", "sour", "sweet", "tangy" or something beginning with C,P,S or T would mostly be the initial words that pop into mind..it's been proven by scientists and all...

hehehe....

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows


Oh my goodness!!!!the book is SOOO GOOD!!!....regardless of what others think bout the ending..i think the ending was,in a way, unexpected and meaningful..i thought it was really emotional too...hahahha...don't judge me but i was seriously tearing a few times thru the book..=p


DON"T WORRY!!!I"M NOT GONNA SPOIL THE ENDING FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN"T READ IT!!!!


=)...i'm not story spoiler....hehhe....all i want to say is GO READ IT NOW!!!i finished it in one day..less i think...i started reading it from 5 pm onwards to about....2or 3 in the morning...i just HAD to finish it...hehehhe..


i'm just baffled at SOME ppl's complete disregard and indifference to Harry Potter books...*ahem ahem...sjane...=p....jk jk....


but what can i say....have to respect ppl's opinion on things right??=)


Saturday, July 21, 2007

Back from my beloved KCH to hellish and boring SCHOOL



you know that feeling when u've just reached the end of your holidays and u go to school wishing it wud never end?....

well this time that horrible feeling and tempting desire has multiplied itself 10000 times after coming back to melbourne..

i definitely appreciate my mum and my bros being here with me but still,my WHOLE family's not together...sometimes i feel guilty seperating my dad from us...

sigh...

but anyway,atleast my family and i got to spend some time back in kuching together...it was great meeting up with frens and conducting our usual reminiscing bout the good old days..
getting to go out for lunch or dinner and having laughs was unbelievable comforting but so unsatisfying as when u leave kuching, your heart craves for more...

my heart goes out to everyone who has spent their first year overseas feeling alone and sad...just pray and study hard to accomplish what u can to make yourself proud then we can go back home and not look back with regret and sorrow....because you've done ur best and u should be proud of ur achievements...

IN KUCHING...
had great laughs with kitty and sjane at Urban & Co. where we were trying on dresses while we were oblivious of our laughter which was at max volume!poor jeremiah at to wait for ur girls to do our thing while we waited for mike to finish getting his haircut....hehehhe...

Sjane's always cracking me up with her clumsy ways....hehehe....she's a freaking professional dancer BUT she can trip and fall atleast 3 or 4 times in a duration of 15mins!!!hehehe...u r so cute sjane....

mike, our lifesaver, is as usual bringing us around,organizing outings and keeping us occupied with lunches and movies...Thanks mike!!sorry bout the parking tix!!!hehehe....i guess i was partially responsible for it...luckily u found another...=p...

Leh ding is just UNBELIEVABLE!!!he's gonna study for his year end exams although he's bed ridden AND on the ventilater.....i salute his perseverence....

i won't forget the bowling session with khang wee,sjane and mel!!it was so fun....poor sjane got of at a slow start with gutter balls trailing her but she got the hang of it soon and she managed to knock plenty of pins down!!go sjane!!khang had the bowling style where ur leg bends at the end of the throw which we girls envied....mel with her usual funny and fun nature recorded a few of our bowling rounds and we laughed incessently!!!

the day before when sjane, khang and i went to buy siaw hui's present,i became a spectator of the 'battle of different styles' between sjane and khang...hahahhaha...they seriously can't agree on any item in stores!!hehehe...for eg,when they were choosing which Guess bag they liked best,khang picked the one that Sjane hated the most and vice versa!!!hahahhaha....it continued uptill our decision to buy siaw hui's present...hehehhe....u guys crack me up....

when we were at alison's house i made a stupid comment...firstly,mike who came late tricked sjane that he had to pay RM10 to bribe the traffic police not to saman him as he was talking on the hp while driving...he made her think that he was talking to sjane at that time and pretty much made sjane feel horrible...i didn't noe for sure that it was a trick so i said,

"are u sure you got fined??for sure the traffic police issued u a receipt for ur offence?"

At that,everyone paused,looked at me and burst into peals of laughter!!!hahahhaha....y the heck did i say that???hehehhe...as everyone laughed all i could do was hide my face....*blush....

Btw, 'Transformers' and 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' are great movies to watch int the cinema!!!the graphics in 'Transformers' are fantastic!!!!! u must watch it in the cinema!!!!!!!!!!!!

hhahahaha......here's a joke i heard from some crazy funny frens at school...


HOW DO YOU GET 100 PIKACHUS ONTO A BUS?


















YOU POKE-EM'-ON!!
=P
hehehhee.....
Hope u guys have a great week ahead and stay POSITIVE!!!!
Love all of u and i totally miss our bonding sessions....